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Covid-19 disruption creates market boom for IoT, connected tech

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Tech companies like Infosys, ThoughtWorks, Tata Comm, Citius Tech, Hero Electronics are looking to leverage opportunity created by Covid-19 disruption. Infosys expects Covid-19 to lead to higher digitisation in manufacturing. from https://ift.tt/3gzc5Zs June 01, 2020 at 04:19AMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2Mgi1IX

ByteDance digs deep; second corporate entity in India soon

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The new entity, according to two sources with knowledge of the developments, is likely to provide Information Technology and IT enabled services support to all of ByteDance’s platforms worldwide, including in India. from https://ift.tt/3gCh1g9 May 31, 2020 at 11:43PMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2ZTAALa

Feud between Donald Trump and Jack Dorsey can have long-lasting effects on how we consume media in India

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A significant development to this debate is the recent feud between US President Donald Trump and Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter. While, on its surface, it is a battle between two powerful Americans, it can have longlasting effects on how we consume media in India. from https://ift.tt/3dhBEwh May 30, 2020 at 10:55PMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2MqxNBj

Ravi Shankar Prasad launches AI portal; programme for youth to build the skills

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“India must be a leading country in the development of Artificial Intelligence in the world, leveraging upon its vast Internet savvy population and data it is creating. India’s AI approach should be of inclusion and empowerment of human being by supplementing growth and development rather than making human beings less relevant,” Prasad said. from https://ift.tt/3cil26j May 30, 2020 at 08:17PMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2XIajg5

How much legal immunity do social media companies have?

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In India, the government has been looking to make social media sites more accountable for content on their platforms. from https://ift.tt/3eyD8CA May 30, 2020 at 08:48AMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3gzTvk3

Donald Trump's social media diktat may not shift India’s stand

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India has been facing a challenge of misinformation on a large scale and has had to deal with situations such as mob lynching due to unchecked hate speech and fake news on social media. from https://ift.tt/2yK3uSD May 30, 2020 at 04:40AMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3dgzhtx

Trump's move against social media cos unlikely to change India's stand

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The Indian government has been in the process of finalising amendments to the IT Intermediary Guidelines, which will require platforms to verify their users in order to discourage anonymous posting and need companies like WhatsApp to trace the origin of unlawful messages on court orders, among a host of measures to pin greater responsibility on companies. from https://ift.tt/3ezoefo May 29, 2020 at 08:08PMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3evDiKH

UK plans new 5G club of 10 democracies, including India: Report

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The move to speed up such a club comes as the UK launched an inquiry into Huawei's involvement in the country's mobile network upgrade in the wake of US sanctions against the company. from https://ift.tt/2zK0XIB May 29, 2020 at 07:07PMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3cgCb01

Scammers target Google Docs and Microsoft Sway to steal user credentials: Barracuda Networks

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Of the nearly 100,000 form-based attacks detected between January 1 and April 30, Google file sharing and storage websites were used in 65% of attacks, making up 4% of all spear-phishing attacks in the first four months of 2020. from https://ift.tt/2XEa31H May 29, 2020 at 05:41PMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3eyicv8

Google issued 1,755 warnings to users globally on govt-backed attackers in April

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In a blog post, Google said its Threat Analysis Group (TAG) tracks more than 270 targeted or government-backed groups from over 50 countries. It, however, did not clarify which governments have targeted these users. from https://ift.tt/36G8TGP May 29, 2020 at 03:18PMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2ZPrjng

India using public digital infra to achieve economic goals at home, connect globally: Jawed Ashraf

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India's High Commissioner to Singapore Jawed Ashraf further noted that building digital connectivity and partnerships with Singapore and ASEAN countries, is a priority for India and highlighted how technology has been used effectively to achieve public policy goals in the country during COVID-19 disruptions. from https://ift.tt/2XJ6W8H May 29, 2020 at 12:15PMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2M6RdL1

Capgemini's Thierry Delaporte to be Wipro's new CEO and MD

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Delaporte was the Chief Operating Officer of Capgemini Group and a member of its Group Executive Board. from https://ift.tt/2X9QSh3 May 29, 2020 at 09:05AMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2ZO4ksU

Your friend in distress could be an e-fraudster

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Fraudsters have managed to steal from hundreds of bank accounts by either impersonating acquaintances of account holders, tricking tipplers desperate to buy liquor online, or deceiving those searching for service providers. from https://ift.tt/2Xwp6uc May 28, 2020 at 10:45AMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2yIWfum

Google Pay rolls out Nearby Stores feature in 35 Indian cities

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Last month, the feature was launched only in a few cities. The feature referred to as Spot by the company is a commerce layer on the app. It enables businesses to open mini digital storefronts within the payment app where users can browse for products and services. from https://ift.tt/2X9X0Gh May 27, 2020 at 08:35PMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3guSmtN

COVID-19 to accelerate digital adoption in India; Jio helped spur internet usage: Morgan Stanley

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India's total online shopper base at 30 per cent of its internet population is low when compared with 78 per cent in China and 70-plus per cent in the US. Morgan Stanley projected India's 670 million internet users to rise to 914 million by 2027 and online shoppers to jump to 590 million from 190 million in 2020. from https://ift.tt/3db8UFi May 27, 2020 at 02:01PMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2ZE62N8

Made in India rivals emerge to compete with TikTok

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‘Made in India’apps such as Mitron TV, Tik Kik and Bolo Indya are gaining popularity. from https://ift.tt/2XvdSGd May 27, 2020 at 12:32AMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2TGhWm9

View: Covid-hit business, a licence to skill

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Enterprises are starting to review their digital presence and security posture more closely. Skills needed to ramp up on digital products and services, infrastructure services and cybersecurity are all geared towards sustaining and building communication, collaboration capabilities and culture in a virtual operating model. from https://ift.tt/3d6G8FF May 26, 2020 at 11:41PMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3d6h8ym

Cyber criminal put Truecaller records of 4.75 cr Indians on sale for Rs 75,000

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"Our researchers have identified a reputable seller, who is selling 47.5 million Indians Truecaller records for USD 1,000 (about Rs 75,000). The data is from 2019. We were also taken off by surprise with such a low price point," Cyble said. The data on sale includes phone numbers, gender, city, mobile network, Facebook id etc. from https://ift.tt/2X2oTzH May 26, 2020 at 07:29PMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3gnMS41

Covid-19: WEF says cybersecurity measures no longer theoretical 'nice-to-haves' for businesses

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The WEF said it has developed five principles to support business leaders reinforce the cyber resilience of their organisations in an unforeseen and instantaneous new reality, as all leaders and organisations have been forced to adapt business models faster than anyone was prepared for, to ensure existential survival. from https://ift.tt/2M1lBGF May 26, 2020 at 04:35PMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2THa5o6

Bennett University Webinar on AI Solutions for Covid-19

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Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Communications and Law and Justice will be the keynote speaker at a webinar hosted by the Bennett University on Monday. from https://ift.tt/2ZxrXWk May 25, 2020 at 12:11AMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2ytLN9O

HCL, PeopleLink, Zoho among 10 companies in race to develop made-in-India Zoom rival

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Companies are expected to develop a prototype for the solution that will aim to be at par with Zoom. These companies will be given a grant of Rs 5 lakh each to build the prototype. In the second round, three out of these ten will be asked to build the complete solution and will be given Rs 20 lakh each. The winning one will get to deploy the solution for the central and state government. from https://ift.tt/2zuSPM7 May 25, 2020 at 12:10AMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2zi8iiE

Instagram eyes TikTok for fresh user acquisition, advertises on rival platform

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Experts in digital advertising call it a move to acquire new users to sustain advertiser interest, as Instagram’s user growth shows signs of slowing – at 4.5% in 2020 as opposed to a previous forecast of 5.4% – as per eMarketer’s data published in January 2020. from https://ift.tt/2ASthZy May 25, 2020 at 12:11AMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3c1px50

India user base grew 120 pc; focus on developing culturally relevant products: Snapchat

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"We have seen significant user growth in India with a 120 per cent increase of our daily active users, comparing March last year to March this year. from https://ift.tt/2WZp0w2 May 24, 2020 at 08:43PMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2yukvjL

Digital India is a new hope for developing nations: Commonwealth Secretary General

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Secretary General of the Commonwealth Patricia Scotland has called out the government's Digital India project as "a new hope for other developing and aspiring countries of the Commonwealth." from https://ift.tt/2LWFkaI May 24, 2020 at 08:23PMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3gjDXAM

JioMart website goes live across 200 cities in India

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JioMart isn’t available as an app yet and only as a mobile and desktop website. from https://ift.tt/3edV6tF May 24, 2020 at 12:24PMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2ZxWyTS

Wanted: Demand for security professionals is rising to keep the increasing threats at bay

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Rakesh Kharwal, managing director, India, Cyberbit, refers to data from sources such as Nasscom, LinkedIn 2020 jobs report and staffing firm Xpheno, all of which point to a demand-supply mismatch among security professionals. Nasscom reveals a yawning gap, India needs 1 million experts and has less than 10,000 who can secure networks. from https://ift.tt/3cZF5Y3 May 23, 2020 at 11:01PMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3gr4OuS

Work from home: How Corporate India is securing itself from cyber attacks

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To enable work-from-home, companies have had to act quickly to secure data integrity and prevent fraud. A cat-and-mouse game is now underway between hackers and enterprise IT administrators. from https://ift.tt/2WWziNt May 23, 2020 at 10:19PMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2TBkCRY

Researchers record world's fastest internet data speed

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The researchers, including Bill Corcoran from Monash University in Australia, recorded a data speed of 44.2 Terabits per second (Tbps) from a single light sourc from https://ift.tt/2LPFSyY May 23, 2020 at 01:35PMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/36mONkO

Mukesh Ambani has made over $10 billion in a month under lockdown

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Ambani has been selling stakes in Jio to bring net debt of more than $20 billion to zero. from https://ift.tt/3geju0f May 23, 2020 at 10:31AMInternet-Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/36v6M8P

Is tikTok Ban?

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Why TikTok Is Ban? Reason Why tiktok Rating Go Down? Their is trending Topic Tiktok   VS You tube Community , The Tiktok Creators Says Tiktok is Better  Than YouTube . After Roasting From You tuber to tiktok the all Audience give 1 Rating To Tiktok   After Carry minati Video Remove From You tube All  Fans Are giving 1 Rating to tik tok For Pubg Players Is Tiktok remove from Play store? -Yes If Tiktok Rating goes under 1 Rating Then Google Play Algorithm Says is their Any Problem in you Application Thats Why  Audience Gives 1 Rating. If Your App   Rating will not Increase Above 1 Rating Within 1 month Then  we will remove TikTok app From Play Store For Sell Give Your Rating To Tiktok